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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
WA1QEL HAM
✅ Never issued — WA1QEL isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WA1QEL ever being issued.
WA1QEL in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1987 · 1 edition WA1QEL · class G
Gerald W Smith Pob 140, Part Crane Ny Ljbjj Ka1 Gi N James F Green, Rfd I-Langford Creek Rd, Van Etten, NY 14889 Winter 1987 p.270
1982 · 1 edition WA1QEL · class T
Luanne F Glao 9i. La Serena Or, W Covina, CA 91791 Winter 1982 p.789